Circlle skirts

I found the easiest circle skirt pattern and decided to try it. I made one for Sophie and then a coordinating one for Olivia. They were easy and fun to make. I also made some fabric flowers for hair clips out of leftover material.

Funny Story, kind of

The last Saturday in September we decided to go to Southridge farms in Santaquin where they have a pumpkin patch. Right before we left Luke had a little accident with a bungee cord. He was holding one end while a neighbor girl was sitting on the other end which flung out from under her and hit Luke right in the mouth, splitting both his lips and cracking his new adult tooth, ouch! So the whole time at the farm Luke had to have a tissue pressed against his lips which continued to bleed on and off for about 2 hours. To make matters worse, as we were loading the car to go to the pumpkin patch I was cleaning out the car a little bit and took out a pair of shoes which I figured were just extra shoes that are always in the car. It turns out those were the ones Luke had put in the car to wear (I had figured he had his shoes on) So Luke had no shoes and a tissue to his face the whole time. Luckily we had a stroller so he got to ride in it the whole time which I think he didn't mind too much. I told him that one day this would make a good story. We had a good time picking pumpkins, going for a hay ride, and eating their famous apple cider donuts, yum!

Speak of the ...

Seeing Sam in this shirt made me reminisce all the mischevious things he's done in the past. Here are a few:

cracking a half a dozen eggs on the kitchen floor
unwinding a full toilet paper roll throughout the house
picking peaches from the neighbors tree
pouring a yogurt smoothie all over Olivia's window seat
getting nailpolish all over his best buddie's sisters bed
picking a watermelon from the neighbor's garden
cutting the strings to the cute basket liners in the laundry room
picking peaches from the neighbors tree, again
playing in the neighbor's house when no one else is home (twice)
putting the cat in the toilet just after I squirted it with toilet bowl cleaner
picking strawberries from the neighbor's garden

Let's just say that he's spent a lot of time in timeout, but when I see his sweet smile I just melt.

I love you, Sam!

Faux Knitted Leggies

I've been looking for cute knitted leg warmers for Sophie and have had a hard time finding ones for babies. I searched the internet for a simple tutorial on how to hand knit a pair but couldn't find anything. Then while doing my daily blog readings, I ran into one that showed how to make leg warmers out of a knitted sweater and decided to try it. I had a brown knitted sweater that was coming apart so it wasn't hard to cut it apart and start sewing. I also stitched a little eiffel tower design in cream at the bottom of each leg. I've been feeling really crafty lately and have a few other projects sitting by the sewing machine.